As a result of algae's promise as a renewable energy feedstock, numerous studies have used Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to quantify the environmental performance of algal biofuels, yet there is no… (More)

Most biomass pretreatment processes for monosaccharide production are run at low-solid concentration (<10 wt%) and use significant amounts of chemical catalysts. Biphasic CO(2) -H(2) O mixtures could… (More)

During the past 50 years, quartz dissolution kinetics and solubility measurements have been the subject of numerous investigations. Researchers have been motivated either because of their interest in… (More)

The costs associated with drilling and completing wells are a major factor in determining the economic feasibility of producing energy from geothermal resources. In EGS power plants, estimates place… (More)